20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1998
Featured song: All Saints – Never Ever (UK Version)
Human Interest
Health
Dealing with the black dog
Contrary to popular belief, there seems to be some dispute as to exactly what Sir Winston Churchill was referring to when he mentioned being plagued by his infamous “Black dog”. Some say depression, some say [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Nine
Monday Good Morning merry readers, Monday again and Yah it was back to Felix with Gravy this morning. I must have eaten all the stuff with jelly. It wasn’t chicken but beef, not quite as [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Dairy Week Fifty Eight
Monday I made a very early morning patrol of the offices this morning and spotted Mickey the Mouse out of his hiding place, but he disappeared behind a huge cupboard, through a gap that was [more…]
America
A Brit Using Handguns in the States
My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Seven
Monday Another Monday, they do seem to come round quickly. The decorators are back to finish off. I heard one tell Bozzie they would be done in two days. If they worked after 3pm it [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Six
Monday It’s very quiet here this bright Monday morning. No baby Wilf crying. No Mutt barking at Wilf’s crying. No Bozzie shouting at the Mutt to be quiet. No Little Otter telling Bozzie not to [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Five
Monday What’s going on, yet another hot day. I woke up in the middle of the night really hot and in need of a drink and some rotter hadn’t refilled my water bowl. I was [more…]
Arts
Nouilles a la Cnut
As many of you know, I am something of a foodologist, responsible for such delights as this delicious meatloaf: and other such culinary masterpieces for example this 1″ thick sourdough failure that worked nicely as [more…]